January 2020

ABU DHABI: President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan recently issued a decree appointing two Emirati judges to the UAE’s Federal Courts of First Instance. ### Federal Decree No. 35 of 2019 stipulates the appointment of Judge Khaled Hassan Mahmoud Ahmad Al Hosani and Judge Khuloud Saif Mattar Al Zaabi. It also stipulates…

As we begin a new year, the drums of war are beating louder than ever. Yet we too easily forget, with memories of past wars fading, how they begin. History makes clear that, too often, the cause is failed leadership — struggling to exercise good judgement, miscalculating what others will do, sending mixed messages to…

Ever since his brother was shot dead last month during protests in northern India, Mohammad Imran has lived in fear of getting snatched up by the police. ### Along with other residents in Meerut, a town of 1.5 million people in the country’s most-populous state of Uttar Pradesh, Imran said nightly raids have become routine…

Many people hold wrong notion about the term ‘chakra balancing’. Innocently so. Some see it as a kind of physical ‘fix’ which requires 2-3 sittings after which the’ ‘sufferings’ would end or at least get minimised; so, goes the notion. ### Firstly, chakras energies have no physical form to them, like organs, tissues or cells….

Mumbai: Players are unlikely to embrace the proposed four-day tests until administrators clarify how they plan to utilise the calendar space freed up by the move, the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) said on Wednesday. ### The International Cricket Council is set to discuss the idea of trimming the current five-day tests by a…

Indore: India captain Virat Kohli has hinted Karnataka pacer Prasidh Krishna could be a “surprise package” going into the World T20 slated to be held in Australia later this year. ### “You’ll have to figure out who are the people that are very similar in their bowling skills, and you pick the senior one. I…

In Japan, Toyota is far more than just an automaker. It’s an iconic name that is very much part of the social fabric ever since it started off as an automatic loom manufacturing business. The company even has a city in north-central Aichi Prefecture named after it. But Toyota now wants to build a township,…

Baghdad/Washington: Iran said it launched a missile attack on US-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday in retaliation for the US drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing has raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East. ### Tehran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles from Iranian territory…

The 24-year-old has rejected her side’s proposal of a new contract and the NWSL team is looking to take advantage The Portland Thorns are targeting a move for Paris Saint-Germain and France star Kadidiatou Diani. As the 24-year-old has stalled on a contract extension with PSG, sources have told Goal that NWSL side Portland are…